White House is closely monitoring the possibility of violence at pro-Trump rallies

The White House is closely monitoring the possibility of violence in the demonstrations called to support the former president donald trumpwho tomorrow Tuesday will have to appear before a judge of NY.

John Kirbyone of the spokesmen for the White Houseemphasized that they have not been detected “active threats”, but that, as a precaution, the Government is closely monitoring the situation and is coordinating with state and local authorities in case they need help.

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“We are following this as closely as we can to be prepared.”, he said in a telephone press conference.

Kirby stressed that “violence has no place USA”, but considered that any peaceful protest offers “great value” for the democracy of the country.

The White House has avoided making a specific statement on the matter. One day after the indictment was made known on Thursday, the president of the United States, Joe Bidenresponded to several questions on the matter with the phrase: “I have no comments on Trump”.

This Monday, Biden was also asked about the pro-Tump protests while touring the facility in minnesota from a company plant Cumminswhich manufactures fuel and power generation systems.

A reporter asked the president if he was concerned about the possibility of violence, to which Biden replied: “No, I have faith in the Police Department of NY”.

The New York Police has asked all its agents in an internal note to be prepared for any problem.

This same Monday, some 200 Trump supporters gathered at the airport in Palm Beach (Florida) to fire the former president (2017-2021), who traveled to New York to appear in court tomorrow.

In addition, this Tuesday there will be a protest in New York in the park Collect Pondlocated right in front of the court of Manhattan in which Trump is expected to appear.

This protest will start at 12:00 local time (16:00 GMT), shortly before the appearance of the ex-president, and the ultra-conservative Republican congresswoman, among others, is expected to participate Marjorie Taylor Greene.

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It was feared that Trump’s impeachment would cause his supporters to take to the streets en masse, but protests of support have so far been very few.

Trump became the first former president of the country to face criminal charges on Thursday after being indicted by a New York grand jury in a case related to paying a bribe to the porn actress. stormy danielswith whom the former president had an “affair” in 2006.

The exact charges for which he has been indicted are unknown because the indictment is under summary secrecy, but tomorrow a New York judge will read the charges to him and it will possibly be known exactly what he is accused of and what sentence he could face.

Source: Elcomercio

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